Back to School Night @ Good Shepherd

Welcome, Thank you for coming!

September 2nd, 2010

Opening Prayer

School Year Theme: Become God’s Word

Introductions

Samantha Roy – 8th S.S., Assistant Principal Janell Hogan – 7th & 8th Religion Carol French – 7th & 8th English, 8th Literature Sue Schmidt – 7th & 8th Science, 7th Literature Annie O’Grady – 7th & 8th Math, 7th S.S. Peggy Bevan – 7th & 8th Math

Sign Up Sheets for 7th & 8th Grade Activities

Please sign up in the Junior High hallway, there will be a variety of sign up sheets.

Also pick up the Junior High Newsletter!

7th Grade Stop by and pick up the 7th Grade Newsletter in the

Junior High hallway. There is information regarding the changes from

transitioning from 6th grade to 7th grade. We need parent volunteers for the 8th grade

Graduation banquet. Newsletters will now be made monthly instead of

weekly. ITBS Testing starts September 21st, please try not to

schedule appointments during the testing times - watch for more information.

8th Grade Important Dates: 9/23-24: 8th retreat 10/20: Pro-Life Forum 11/5 or 11/6: Confirmation Prep Meeting 1/27: Graduation Pictures in Caps and Gowns 1/28: Talent Show April: 8th Grade Musical May: End of Year Retreat 5/11: Mass led by Class of 2011 5/11: Graduation Banquet following 8:30 AM Mass 5/12: Graduation Ceremony 7:00PM To Be Announced: Worlds of Fun

Good Shepherd Celebrates Confirmation

Save These Dates!

† Sacrament Prep for Families 11/5 or 6† Confirmation Retreat (Candidates) 3/27

11:00 AM – 4:00 PM† Rehearsal (Candidates and Sponsors) 5/17

7:00 PM† Confirmation Celebration 5/18

With Abbot Barnabas Senecal, OSB7:00 PM

Classes - FYI Your students are grouped in different math

and science classes based on the scores of their ITBS Test, Kansas Math Assessment, and their Classroom Performance.

This does NOT mean that they learn any different material from the other classes, they all learn the same Archdiocesan Outcomes and State Standards.

Teacher Contact

A new Archdiocesan policy prohibits teachers from responding to parental emails VIA E-MAIL. We are instructed to CALL parents in response as well as when initiating communication in regard to behavioral and academic issues, (not attendance).

School Website Check out our Teacher Websites! There will be information regarding homework,

tests, and important dates. Go to the school website and click on Staff Info. Ask your student how to find our sites. Please check your student’s grades frequently

online, they should know how to. You will receive your username and password

after the presentation in church tonight.

Team Building 1st quarter – 7th & 8th grade team building activities

every Wednesday afternoon from 2:15-3:10. We are in the process of preparing some service

projects for team building this year. J esus O thers Y ourself We are looking for more ideas as well, please contact

your homeroom teacher if you have any ideas (students cannot leave school for this).

We would greatly appreciate any parent volunteers to help out.

Our first service project will be through Harvesters and it is called “Give Lunch”.

More information will be given in a few weeks.

“Give Lunch” Challenge: Food Drive & Volunteer Activity Support the hungry in our community by hosting the Give Lunch food

drive for Harvesters’ agencies. How does this food drive work? Simply host a food drive for the

specific items listed below. It is best to generate bulk donations so that each sack has the same items.

Each lunch sack needs to include one of each item listed below: Whole grain item (crackers, pretzels, cereal etc.) Protein item (single serving canned meat with pop top) Juice box Snack item (chips, mixed nuts,) Fruit cup with pop-top Reduced sugar dessert (shelf-stable pudding or Jell-O)

Collecting items in bulk or asking several volunteers to purchase food in bulk after collecting monetary donations works very well for this drive.

Electives

2nd, 3rd, 4th quarters – Electives are every Wednesday from 2:15-3:10.

We would love to have as many parent volunteers as possible as well as new ideas!

There is a parent meeting on September 15th at 2pm for electives if you are interested in helping out.

Bullying Program

Olweus program is the anti bullying program we are continuing school wide.

It is a nationally known program. We will continue assemblies and weekly

class meetings with this program. You will see more information as the year

goes on.

Other Important Information

Conferences – will be held Wednesday and Thursday, October 27th and October 28th - sign up with your homeroom teacher in the library tonight.

Planners – please sign your students’ planners every night for the first quarter.

Monday, October 4th – Catholic School Open House at Good Shepherd.

NCA Strategies

Math: MAPS, Computation, Weekly Math Log

Reading: QAR, SSR, Weekly Reading Log

Please pick up handouts about these in the Junior High hallway.

Also look for information about these in our monthly newsletters.

Thank you for your time, We look forward to a great year!

Do not hesitate to contact us whenever you feel you need to

This Presentation will be on our teacher websites.